Bash-4.4 patch 4

[thirdparty/bash.git] / NOTES

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+++ b/NOTES
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-Platform-Specific Configuration and Operation Notes
-===================================================
+Platform-Specific Configuration and Operation Notes [somewhat dated]
+====================================================================
 
 1.  configure --without-gnu-malloc on:
 
        alpha running OSF/1, Linux, or NetBSD (malloc needs 8-byte alignment;
        bash malloc has 8-byte alignment now, but I have no alphas to test on)
 
-       next running NeXT/OS
+       next running NeXT/OS; machines running Openstep
 
        all machines running SunOS YP code: SunOS4, SunOS5, HP/UX, if you
        have problems with username completion or tilde expansion for
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Platform-Specific Configuration and Operation Notes
        sparc SVR4, SVR4.2 (ICL reference port)
        DG/UX
        Cray
+       Haiku OS
 
        NetBSD/sparc (malloc needs 8-byte alignment; bash malloc has 8-byte
        alignment now, but I have no NetBSD machines to test on)
@@ -344,4 +345,8 @@ Platform-Specific Configuration and Operation Notes
      Apple ships inadequate dynamic libreadline and libhistory "replacements"
      as standard libraries.
 
-  
+20.  If you're on a system like SGI Irix, and you get an error about not
+     being able to refer to a dynamic symbol
+     (ld: non-dynamic relocations refer to dynamic symbol PC), add
+     -DNEED_EXTERN_PC to the LOCAL_CFLAGS variable in lib/readline/Makefile.in
+     and rebuild.